Nested chair



L. DELLERT May 13, 1930.

NESTED CHAIR Filed Nov. 5, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR Louis DeZZerbBY WITNESSES ATTORN EY L. DELLERT May 13, 1930.

NESTED CHAIR Filed Nov. 5, 1928 3 Sheets-Shet 2 INVENTOR lazuli [)(llert ATTORNEY L. DELLERT May 13, 1930.

NESTED CHAIR Filed Nov. 5, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 INVENTOR Zoauls ,/)e[l6TZT ATTORNEY WITNESSES Patented May 13, 1930 PATENT OFFICE LOUISDELLERT, OF BRQOKLYN, NEW YORK NESTED 0mm Application filed November 5,1928. Serial no; 317,253.

This invention relates to furniture, and has for an object to provide animproved construction which may be formed as a chair or as a table andmay be readily nested for shipment, storage or other purposes.

' Another object of the invention is to provide an improved chair, tableor the like, wherein each chair or table is of the same size and shapebut so formed as to be readily nested by a movement in a horizontaldirecti n.

A iurther object of the invention is to provide a chair or table whichmay be nested, the structure being formed either of wood,

metal or a combination of Wood and metal,

and with the parts so formed that one article will telescope intoanother with the respective bracing parts sliding one within the other.

In the accompanying drawings,- Figure 1 is a side view of a chairdisclosing an embodiment of the invention;

Figure 2 is a sectional view through Figure 1 on the line 2-2;

Figure 3 is a sectional view through Figure 1 on the line 33;

Figure 4 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view through the chairshown in Figure 1, with two additional chairs shown in dotted linesillustrating how several chairs may be nested;

Figure 5 is a sectional view through Fig ure 4 on the line 55;

Figure 6 is a top plan view of a number of chairs connected together;

Figure 7 is a top plan view of a table almost identical in structurewith the chair shown in Figure 4, except that it has no back or siderungs;

Figure 8 is an enlarged detail fragmentary horizontal sectional viewthrough the chair shown in Figure 1 similar to the section shown inFigure 3;

Figure 9 is a fragmentary sectional view through Figure 8 on the line9-9;

Figure 10 is a fragmentary sectional view through Figure 8 on the line10-10;

Figure 11 is a perspective view showing the same structure illustratedin Figure 3, exce t the top seat plate has been eliminated.

eferring to the accompanying drawings by numerals, 1 indicates the backof a chair which may be of any desired formation, pro vided the same issupplied with side members,2 and 3 merging into legs 4 and 5. Asheretofore setforth, the parts may be made from wood, metal or acombination of these materials. As illustrated in the drawings, thechair is made from metal and to give a pleasing appearance the legs andcertain other parts are made from rectangular hollow tubing. Coactingwith the rear legs 4 and 5 are front legs 6 and 7 which are set closertogether than the rear legs, as shown in Figure '5. Suitable forms ofrungs 8 are provided at the front, one rung being usually sufficient,while at the sides rungs 9 and 10 are provided. The rungs 9 and 10 arepreferab y of angle iron, as shown in Figure 2, and curve in oppositedirections at opposite ends, as shown in Figure 11. As indicated in thisfigure, the ends adjacent the front legs are provided with an inwardcurve 11, while the ends opposite the rear legs are provided with anoutward curve 12. Where the parts are made of metal these rungs arespotwelded or otherwise rigidly secured in place. As clearly indicatedin Figure 5, these rungs incline toward each other, so that when anumber of chairs are to be nested, one will slide beneath the other, asindicated in Figure 4 without any of the chairs necessarily leaving thefloor. At the upper ends of the piece of metal extending from leg 6' toleg 7 and also extending from the front legs to the rear legs to whichthey are secured by welding or other suitable means. The frame 13 isprovided with a depressed portion 14 adapted to receive a seat plate ormember 15. This seat member may be loosely fitted in place or may bewelded, riveted or otherwise rigidly secured in place. A strip 16 iswelded or otherwise secured to the bracing bar 17, said strip having adepression-similar to the depression 14, whereby the rear part of theseat plate 15 is properly supported. 7 Coacting with the bracing member17 is a second bracing member 18 to which the back panels 19 are securedby welding or in any other desired manner. From Figure 4 it will-benoted that the seat plate 15 and associated parts incline downwardlyfrom the back to the front. This permits the chairs to be identical inconstruction and identical in size and yet permits them to be nested. Ifdesired, however, these parts could be horizontal and still the barscould be nested, but the nesting would require a slight tilting orelevation of the forward ,chair or chairs. However, there would besufficient nesting to readily store the chairs in a small space. o

Sometimes it is desired to make a group of chairs or stools and whenthis is the case a number of chairs 20 could be connected to- 'ether byhaving certain of the rear. legs act for two chairs. This isaccomplished by having the rear ends of certain of the frames 13connected to the intermediate legs 21. Table 22 is identical with thelower part of the chair shown in Figure 4, except that the rungs havebeen eliminated, and preferably the top of the table is horizontalinstead of being inclined. This permits a number of tables to be nestedby slightly elevating the forward tables. In all forms of the inventionthe articles are nested by a horizontal movement, and in the case of thechairs, present a conventional chair."

What I claim is 1. A chair, including four legs, two of the legs havingextensions merging into a back, the legs merging into a back beingfurther apart than the other legs, a seat frame connected to all of saidlegs and inclined from the rear legs downward to the front legs, a pairof side rungs arranged parallel with said seat frame, and a seat membersecured to said seat frame, the inclination of the seat frame and rungsand the position of the rear legs permitting chairs of identicalconstruction and identical size to 'be nested without ifzlhe legs of therespective chairs leaving the oor.

2. A chair, including a pair of front legs,

L a pair of rear legs merging into a back, said rear legs being spacedfurther apart than the front legs, a seat secured to the top of saidfront legs and to said rear legs, said seat slanting from the rear legsto the front legs, said slant being sufficient to permit several chairsof identical structure and identical size to be nested, the rear chairsbeing forced beneath the front chairs from the rear.

3. A chair, including a pair of front legs, a pair of rear legs, a seatframe secured to said legs, said frame being substantially U- shaped,said frame having a depression formed therein on the inner part, a seatmember secured to the seat frame, said seat member fitting into saiddepression, and a pair of rungs connecting the front legs with the rearlegs, said rungs and said seat frame being inclined to permit thenesting of several chairs of identical construction and size.

5. A chair, including a plurality of legs,

a seat mounted on said legs sloping downward from the rear to thefrontand side members converging toward the front, said sloping of saidseat and said convergence of said side members being sufficient topermit a the sliding ofthe side members of one chair into the sidemember of another chair when nesting a number of chairs of identicalsize and structure.

6. A chair including a plurality of legs, a seat having an open end andconverging away from'said end, downwardly extending side memberspositioned on said seat and converging from said end, said open end andsaid convergence of the side members being suflicient to permit thesliding of the seat of one chair into the seat of another chair ofidentical size and structure to nest said chairs.

7. A support having an open end, downwardly extending side membersconverging away from said open end, said support being wiger at saidopen end that at the opposite en 8. A chair having laterally spacedsupporting means, a seat having an open end and converging away fromsaid open end positioned on said supporting means and ownwardlyextending portions positioned on said seat and converging from said openend, the spacing of said supporting means, the extent of said openend,and the convergence of said downwardly extending portions beingsuflicient to permit the sliding of the seat of the chair into the seatof another chair Cal of identical size and structure to nest said

